EP 53: Chris Holmes & John Bucher

What happens when music becomes more than something we listen to - when it becomes a way of experiencing wonder, transformation, and connection?

In this episode of The Podcast with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell Foundation Executive Director John Bucher sits down with musician, DJ, producer, and multimedia artist Chris Holmes.

Best known as Paul McCartney's longtime touring DJ, Chris has spent decades working alongside some of the most influential artists in music, including The Smashing Pumpkins, Daft Punk, Beck, and Radiohead. His creative journey has taken him from recording studios and concert stages to immersive multimedia experiences exploring the relationship between art, technology, and consciousness.

A lifelong admirer of Joseph Campbell, Chris brings his fascination with mythology, storytelling, and the transformative power of music into his current project, Fascinated by Everything.

Together, John and Chris explore music as a form of modern ritual, the relationship between artists and shamans, the experience of creative flow, and how Campbell's ideas about following your bliss and the Hero's Journey have influenced Chris's life and work.

Their conversation invites us to consider creativity not simply as something we do, but as a way of engaging more deeply with life—following our curiosity, embracing the unexpected, and discovering meaning along the way.

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The Podcast With A Thousand Faces is a production of the Joseph Campbell Foundation. It is hosted and produced by Tyler Lapkin. Executive producer, Joanna Gardner. Editing and Audio services by Dia Griffiths. All music exclusively provided by APM Music. (apmmusic.com)